Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-04-16
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Church in Washington - How
MASKING Is Done-sLent.
Special Correspondence Of the 1srER.ocEAS.
WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE inter-
viewer didn't get Governor Church. He
was ehy of the newspaper men and
feared to allow himself to get too full for
utterance lest he might murmur some.
thing. Bill Springer, of Illinois, the fell
low who proposed the infamous omni-
bus bill for the sole purpose Of keeping
Dakota out of the Union, has sought an
interviewer and yawped his say. He
informs the country that the Democratic
party in '8S is bound to nominate the
great Grover and that the vice-presiden-
tial nominee will come from Illinois.
He says, "there are many good Demo.
Gratis in Illinois who ore after that honor
and one of us will get it," That neal
that Bill Springer is a candidate for the
vice.presidency. His buttonhole bou.
quet, sore nose, red face, skinny brain,
etc., are all in for the empty honor of a
nomination. Somehow, the Lord only
knows how, that man Springer has de-
veloped the conceit that he is n of the
great men not only of his party, but of
the country. His DER weening vanity
has become offensive to his compatriots
and there is no more possibility of him
being nominated for 4 national Office
than there is of the GOV jumping over
the moon. If any man from Dakota in
the national Democratic convention
votes for Springer he ought to be tarred
and feathercd. OF all the men who
have acted the part of dissemblers and
treacherous foes of Dakota, Springer is
probably the meanest. He introduced
his omnibus bill, howled for it, attracted
attention to it, took the time of the house
with it, and then at the close of the ses-
sion told openly that he had been insin.
cere all the time and was merely push
ing his bill in order to keep the other
measures for the benefit of Dakota from
being passed. If there is a Democrat Of
prominence who is to be OH the national
committee who will vote for Springer, or
if there is q Democrat in the territory
who aspires to be a delegate to the ma
tional convention who will vote for
springer for any Office let him be ana
t~hematized.
Senator John Sherman, of Ohio, has
returned to Washington for a season.
He is working like a beaver for the next
nomination of his party, and he stands
in a fair way to get it. He is a strong
man and a safe man. and the business
men of the country feel that they can
trust him. The only thing against his
candidacy is his age. He is ~sixty-five
years old and that is an advanced age.
He does not make any pretense of hyp-
ocritical indifference to the prize to
which he aspires. He tells people that
he is a candidate and lets them know 1t
plainly. Others take roundabout ways
of getting there and they make mistakes
thereby. There is an erroneous impress
sion prevailing that it is wise in politics
to deceive people. 1t isn't. There are
times when it is not safe to declare ones
intentions, but it is never wise to tell a
lie about them, as many do. When a
man is a candidate for an Office he ought
to say so or else drop out of the race
There was a man in Dakota last sum.
mer who wanted a nomination awfully
bad, but he told everybody that he was
not a candidate and when he finally
went to the convention he found that
all his friends had taken him at his
word and pledged themselves to another
who was more honest with them. He
was too late. John Sherman is making
no such mistake. Of course ne IS not
standing on the street corners and pro.
claiming his candidacy, but when he j.
approached in his committee % at
the capitol by reputable gentlemen and
asked the plain question, he plainly ans.
wers it. There is no mistake about it.
He is after the presidential nomination
of his party, is a good man, and has the
right to expect it. He is not ashamed
of his aspiration and has no need to be.
1t is not safe to predict that he will get
the prize, butt is certain that he is going
into the boom for all 1t is worth, and he
is doing the thing up in a manner that
is alike creditable to himself, to his
party and to his friends. He is an able
man. He is an honest man He is q
prodigious worker.
One Of the peculiar things in this city
is the manner in which the bootblacks
In the barber shops tackle the men who
come in to get their faces seraped. Some
of them want to brush the boots as soon
as a customer comes in. Others wait
until the tonsorial process has been fin
lsned and then try to ply their vocation
In the barber shop of the Ebbitt House
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